Published July 12, 2018

University of Louisiana Monroe PREP staff came in third in the skit, song, step and dance competition at the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop. The staff performs the skit at PREP sessions this summer. Courtesy photo

The 2018 ULM PREP Staff placed third in the song category of the skit, song, step
and dance competition at the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop March 16-18 at
the University of Central Florida.

A total of 53 schools competed in the overall competition, and ULM beat out 10 other
universities in the song category.

Ahmaad Solmone, coordinator ofPREP, said, “It has been years since ULM placed in this competition and thePREPstaff couldn’t be more excited. They worked extremely hard for this, and I couldn’t
be more proud of them.”

Five of thePREP/POP leaders, Abigail Thomas, EJ Anadi, Hunter Henson, Joey Walker and Taylor McGuffee,
led three different educational workshops while at SROW. There were more than 200
educational session submissions with only 115 chosen, and three of them being from
ULM. It has been several years since ULM has presented at SROW.

PREPstaff also competed in the Graduate and Undergraduate Case Study Competition. Nicholas
Green and Toni Corso represented ULM in the undergraduate portion, while Haley Welch
competed in the graduate portion, and won Best Communication.

SROW is an annual conference for thePREPstaff and is an opportunity to learn more about the orientation process by networking
with orientation leaders from more than 83 universities around the South.

ThePREPstaff performs their routine during the Variety Show portion of the fivePREPsessions this summer.

All 23PREP/POP Staff members and onePREPIntern participated in the competition and conference: